Successeur du pape pie xii biography
Pope Pius XII
Venerable Pope Pius XII | |
|---|---|
| Papacy began | March 2, |
| Papacy ended | October 9, |
| Predecessor | Pius XI |
| Successor | John XIII |
| Birth name | Eugenio Maria Guiseppe Giovanni Pacelli |
| Born | ()March 2, Rome, Italy |
| Died | October 9, () (aged&#;82) Castel Gandolfo, Italy |
| Motto | Opus Justitiae Pax (The work of justice shall be peace) |
| Other popes named Pius | |
Pope Pius XII (Latin: Pius PP.
XII; Italian: Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, – October 9, ), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the stPope from to [1]
Early life
[change | change source]Pacelli was born on 2 March in Rome, Italy. He studied at the Capranica Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Successeur du pape pie xii biography Cornwell's work was the first to have access to testimonies from Pius's beatification process as well as to many documents from Pacelli's nunciature which had just been opened under the seventy-five year rule by the Vatican State Secretary archives. In recent years, he has been vilified by Jewish academics and commentators for the actions they believe he could and should have taken. After the war, Pius became an outspoken advocate of political clemency, arguing that it should even be extended to war criminals. In , Corriere della Sera published a document dated November 20, on the subject of Jewish children baptized in war-time France.In , he earned a degree in Theology.[2]
Priest
[change | change source]Pacelli was ordained as a priest on 2 April In , he was raised to the rank of Monsignor. He worked at the Office of the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.[2]
Bishop
[change | change source]In , Pope Benedict XV appointed him an archbishop and nuncio to Bavaria, Germany.[2]
Cardinal
[change | change source]Pope Pius XI raised Pacelli to the rank of Cardinal in December [3]
In February , Cardinal Pacelli became the Vatican Secretary of State.[3]
Pope
[change | change source]Cardinal Pacelli was elected Pope on 2 March ,[2] which was his 63th birthday.
Pius XII wrote forty-one official papal letters (encylicals).
Pius XII named forty-two new cardinals.
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